Seven Sleepers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Of The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus: "One is inclined to think that almost all Christians now have taken them for patron-saints."
From Time Magazine Archive
The crypt is reached by a flight of steps, and here may be seen an altar to the Seven Sleepers, represented by seven dolls of varying size.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
A little sob ended the entreaty, and as though he understood every word she had spoken Apache gave a neigh loud enough to waken the Seven Sleepers.
From A Dixie School Girl by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)
We found the guard, Mr. Javins, stretched at full length on his bed, and snoring like the Seven Sleepers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various
It seemed to me that their watchfulness resembled that of the Seven Sleepers.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de
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